Over 50 Percent of All Sales of Medically Important Antibiotics

question 56

Multiple Choice

Over 50 percent of all sales of medically important antibiotics in the United States are for livestock use. Why is this problematic for humans?

• A) The livestock will become resistant to the antibiotics and not respond to treatment when they have infections.
• B) Resistant bacteria grow in the animals and may then be passed to humans.
• C) The use of antibiotics for livestock means that there are not enough for use in the human population.
• D) The animals may become sick from the antibiotic ingestion.

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